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1944

Publishes Ficciones, his most influential collection of stories; it wins the Gran Premio de Honor from the Sociedad Argentina de Escritores. Some stories are translated to French by Roger Caillois. Moves with his mother to an apartment at Maipú 994 where he will live for most of the rest of his life.

Locations

Borges moves to an apartment at Calle Maipú 994, CABA.. This was Borges’s last home in Buenos Aires until the 1985 departure for Geneva.

Historical Context

Devastating earthquake hits the western province of San Juan. Perón meets actress Eva Duarte. Argentina breaks relations with the Axis. General Ramírez resigns and General Edelmiro J. Farrell becomes president. Perón holds three positions in government: Secretary of Labor, Minister of War, and Vice-President.

[First part is a new edition of El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (1941). Second part includes stories written between 1941 and 1944. The second edition of Ficciones (1956) incorporates three stories written after the publication of El Aleph.]